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anyone out there who has had a port fixed for tilted or flipped could you please tell me how long is the recovery period for anyone please I need to plan please reply

I'm new to this site. . . I began my journey last week and have completed the psyc eval, had visit with nutritionalist, had blood work done, and attempted(!) the stress test. I assume I didn't "pass" because they are sending me to see a cardiologist. I'm very worried about it! My appt is tomorrow...I'm wondering how common this is and how many people don't get clearance for surgery from the cardiologist? I look forward to reading your comments.

Hey everyone I just wanted to post on Babs and her surgery today...I just got off the phone with Babs and everything went well, her surgery was 4 hours long and she is doing great and resting, she had her eyes, thighs, & tummy done and some moles removed. When she woke up she was in excrutiating pain in but is now on morphine and comfortable. She sounds great!

I think I am so cool........ I have had the Ban since 2002, and have lost 200 lbs. WOW. Big deal, right??? Well I have been at around 390 to 400 for almost 8 months. Being a pro at beating the Ban, it's like now I am afraid to go get another adjustment. It's like I want to stay here, AM I CRAZY !!!!!!!! 390 lbs. is no place to stay, Right??? It's a good place to pass by, but to stop here is insane. As I look back on the past 20 years, I have lost over 1200 lbs and gained back the same. So I am a pro at deception & deceiving myself most of all. It's sad to think, I am here again, and am willing to just let things be the way they are, instead of hitting the mark. It wou…

Okay, this is a little silly, but I think it is just conditioning... on my part. <O:p I have been heavy all of my life. So, being 27 about the last 12-15 years has been all about diets. What is new, what I could do that could possibly be "the one" that will make me skinny. Anyway... onto my point. <O:p</O:p <O:p</O:p Every time an Infomercial or Commercial about Diet products, pills or exercise machines come on .. my ears still perk up, and I for a brief moment still think.. is THIS the one. Then, my anxiety subsides and remember... OH YEAH!! MY BAND! I don’t Have to spend countless dollars/hours on this stuff anymore... Woo HOO!! Anyone else..…

My first fill is in a few days and it will be done with the surgeon and the radiologist down in the x-ray dept. Is this common practice? My doctor is very conservative and I was only the second person he did the lap band procedure on. My only reason for concern is that the insurence company won't cover it because I have to use a certain company for all radiological procedures!

i went to walmart today, and decided i should start testing out the different Protein shakes (can be found in the pharmacy section). I decided to go ahead and try the equate cheapo shake first, because i assumed it would taste yucky, so i just wanted to try it and get it out of the way, and just work up to the more expensive stuff. I got the equate plus chocolate. It has 13g of protein per 8oz can and is lactose free. To my surprise it was VERY GOOD. It tastes much better then the carnation shakes. So for those of you out there struggling to find something they like, i'd actually recommend it.

Am I the only one? Sometimes I want to eat something that I know I should not eat for it may get stuck or it has just too much fat, carbs or caloires. So giving into temptation I will chew it up and then spit it out.

We always read to stick to the "lap band rules." I am at the bginning of my first fill and really wanting to be a good bander. So what are your basics? I suspect it is different for everyone but I would like to know.

I just wanted to say I was a bit skeptical when I read some posts regarding that time of the month and band tightness. I am here to say, Sisters I Believe!! I have nearly strangled on the veggie sausage patty that is a part of nearly every Breakfast. I broke out in a cold sweat at lunch with a triscuit with Tuna. The way I see it, I have about 80 pounds to go--If I have my period for the next three months straight I should be able to knock of those pesky pounds in quick fashion!!!

***Good Morning all you wonderful people*** Well there is only 6 days left until My sister and I get banded together. I am excited and nervous. I have a question for all of you. I have trouble with the Protein shakes. What drinks do you use? I do not know if is the consistency of them or what but they make me feel sick to my stomach. Also what do you use for Vitamins? After surgery did you experience hair loss? I hope you all have a wonderful day! Love ya! Lisa Marie

and all I can say is: OOOUUUCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey- anyone out there with some ideas- I just ate some halibut and green beans and now I think I'm PB'ing- burbing, hiccups- acidity pain in throat- tight espogus feling- can't seem to get it down...hurting---little scared- any thoughts on what might help

Hey everyone! Just got back this morning. Off topic but it is hotter here then it was in Tiajuana! I had fun and met some wonderful people. I am in no pain and I never have been in any. My surgery took 15 minutes! The doctor came out and was telling my mom how healthy I was. I guess he said I have SOOO much muscles in my stomach he couldn't believe it. He also said that if you just took my liver and looked at it, you would have never known that it belonged to an overweight person! Well just wanted to let everyone know I was back and I was doing good. Kylie

I really don't know how this works, but I will try. I don't know how you get all that info to come up where your name is. Like age weight date of ban installation, etc......... Any help would be great. My friend back in NY told me about this web site, and I have been reading around it. WOW, it is really cool, I wish I knew about it a lot sooner. When I first moved to florida (About 2 years ago) I had had my Lap-Ban in a year. I was in dire need of an ajustment. Ended up going back to NY to get one, and was doing good for a while. Now last winter I needed another ajustment and could not find any doctor down here to do it. I live in Citrus County, about 1 Hour north of Tamp…

I went to my doctors office today and got weighed in....My BMI is now UNDER FOURTY!! It is at 39...but I am very excited. I started at 44.2! I started at a weight of 272 pounds and today it was 231~ Thats a total loss of 41 pounds!!!! I am sooo freekin excited I can't tell you! My doctor is very happy with my progress. We figure I am losing about 1.5 - 2 pounds a week, which is what he likes to see. I got in trouble for eatting red meat. He said it should be chicken and fish....I said thats gonna get old quick, but okay. He said red meats get stuck easier and thats what I had stuck the couple of times I was stuck. I DID NOT TELL HIM ABOUT THE SLURPIE INCIDENT!! eheheh…

Sitting on the same weight for a month is really disheartening. I need to get myself back into some exercise. When the weight is coming off I have no probs motivating myself to exercise...but with it staying the same for so long it has been hard to motivate myself to do anything. Its funny how my day will be judged on what I weigh. If I am happy with what the scales say, I will get dressed up, put some make up on and feel good about myself. If the scales are yucky I will wear my yucky clothes and mope around in a bad mood all day. BLOW UP THE SCALES Anyone else like this?

To all of you Oregon Bandsters I need to get to Forest Grove Oregon, Which is the closest airpot in Orgeon to fly into the get to Forest Grove Oregon.

my family just had pizza!!!! im dying!!! will i ever have it again? i feel so hungry. trying to keep a good attitude and positive outlook, but it really can be a struggle when all im limited to is thicker liquids (ie jello, pudding, yourgut, broth, etc). i know im healing but god i just want to chew something. im no supposed to until next wednesday when im two weeks post op. is there anyone else going thru this? if youre beyond this point how in the heck did you do it? what was your focus? can you also tell me what will go on with my 1st pre-op appointment. its this friday. i know ive lost some weight, feeling pretty good about that but shoot how can you not w…

AND ITS' NAME IS RICE What the hell is up with that--This seems to be the only food that gets stuck!! I am not a big rice eater, but in the last week I have been in situations where I have been served rice (work functions)--I dutifully take a bite of chicken, chew the bejesus out of it, swallow it without any problems. Then I follow that up with a bite of rice. And then the pain, Oh God the pain. I've only done this a couple of times--I am a slow learner.

I know this question has probably been answered a million times over, but if it has, I cant find the answer. I had surgery July 28th. I feel really great except this annoying feeling on my left side! Kind of a dull pain but a pain none the less. Is it normal? How long can I look forward to having this annoying, kinda pregnant on one side feeling? What exactly is it??? I would appreciate any kind of help you can offer!

Hi! It's been a while since I posted. I stopped posting because I was pregnant. Now, I am back and ready to continue losing weight.

I went to Trader Joe's before surgery to stock up on post-op foods. I bought this soup that is tomato and roasted red pepper, it is a pureed soup and has the best flavor. I am going to make turkey meatballs next week and use this instead of sauce. I also bought the squash soup, that is lunch toorrow. I will let you know what I think about that flavor too~Mandy

There was an excellent 'letter to the editor' in the Belton, MO Journal. It indicates there is a lady in Pierce City, MO who is committed to putting pressure on our elected representatives to pressure insurance companies to cover surgery for morbidly obese people. I've tried to cut and paste the letter, but didn't have any luck. So... guess I'll have to re-type the whole thing. Here goes... "Dear Editor, There are thousands of Missourians that are morbidly obese and need gastric bypass surgery to literally save their lives and yet most insurance companies will not cover the procedure. It seems like insurance companies would rather continue to pay for medicine and trea…

We recently had my husband's 14 year old brother come and stay with us for a week (a yearly tradition) and we did a lot of fun activities including canoeing, rented a yurt at the beach and went down the Rogue on a jet boat. It was all a lot of fun. Here is a picture of KC, Me and Jim in the front row on the jet boat.

Why was the old "Liquid Vitamins" post closed? Anyway, just wanted to share a good one. My friend's mom owns an herbal store, so my friend is always pushing weird herbs n' junk at me. I usually don't use them, but she just gave me a bottle of liquid Vitamins that actually tastes really good, like thick mango syrup. It's called Floradix. I keep it in the fridge and add it to my morning shake to sweeten my shake. But I also take it alone sometimes, and it really goes down easy. It's like thick fruit nectar with just a hint of that vitaminy taste. Pretty good stuff. I prefer it over my new chewable Viactive vitamins.

I jumped through all their hoops and now I am waiting for a date s/b by the end of august!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited!

When I drink or eat anything I burp these little burps over and over and over. I don't burp at all unless I eat or drink. I am driving everyone nuts, but I can't help it. Why is this happening?

I just wanted to ask how are doing with your lifestyle change. I am struggling with getting it together but it is coming along. Thank God for the exercise class, I go faithfully because if I don't I may not get any exercise in. I am still learning how to eat but it is not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I think the pre op liquid diet helped alot. I do have to say that sf popsicles and fudgesicles are a blessing. LOL

Tomorrow I start on my 2 week liquid protein regimen....actually, I am looking forward to it since I feel as if I have had one too many "last suppers"! Went out tonight, enjoyed every bite....but, I know I will enjoy "thinner" more than food. The reality of the surgery is starting to hit me...only 2 weeks...wow....

I had my surgery on July 28th and I am planning on visiting my sister on August 13th. Does anyone know if its ok to fly that soon???? I feel great and I think i would be fine but I wanted to ask you all if you all if you thought it was ok.

I have a situation. I will not bore you with all the details and try to keep it to the point. I have a person in my life who I have been friends with for many years and have supported when no one else did. She has, for no apparent reason, decided to tell everyone we know that I have had this surgery even though I told her in confidence. I told her that I would be telling people as I was ready (as I don't have a problem with others knowing but it is my business who I tell and when I tell them). The worse part is that as I have told people they obviously already know (I thought I was imagining it but I wasn't) and I have not known what to say. I finally said bluntly to a…

Finally some NSVs! I have been putting off going through my clothes for some time now. I finally decided to take the bull by the horns & get it over with. 3/4 of my clothes were too big for me! & I've been putting this off? :rolleyes I also shaved my legs last night & didn't feel like a contortionist!! Well now the issue of buying more clothes. Tell me what ya'll did please. I need advice. I hate to spend money on clothes & then turn around & not be able to wear them. Any ideas are appreciated! I was going to call my doc to schedule another fill today. But when I got up I weighed & I had lost another 10 lbs. I was plateaued for a month. I guess it …

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Since my last fill I have had really good restriction in the mornings till about 2 or 3pm in the afternoon. I am wondering what happens at night that causes us to feel tight in the mornings and is there anyway we could bottle it and mass produce it for all us oinky oinks that like to eat ourselves out of house and home and night because we have No restriction. *sigh* Sorry I got side tracked there lol. Basically what I am wondering is...Is there a reason we are tighter in the mornings and if I get another fill to help me in the afternoon and evenings is that going to make me more tight in the morning? If so...I am up a really yucky creek without a puddle

Had my weigh-in today at the doctor's office and was completely stoked to see I've finally, officially (cause if it's not on the dr's scales, I don't count it lol), broken the double digits barrier - 99.9 kgs. I've been doing the happy dance all morning LOL, which is bound to shed a few more grams hehe Anyway, don't mean to go on about me me me lol, just wanted to share with someone.

I swear it tried to kill me!!! My band. It unleashed its self from around my stomach.....climbed up my esophogus, jumped outta my mouth and wrapped its self around my neck and proceeded to choke me till my lips turned blue! Okay, maybe the lips were blue because of the Raspberry Slurpie that I drank. And maybe the feeling like I was going to die was present because I drank a way too big of a slurpie in way too short of a time period. I gulped it down!!! It was hot...The slush was oh soooo cold...Oh Demon of Pleasure how do I reject you? I had to sit down and REST after a drink!! I shouldn't have had the slush in the first place, however, who knew it would be my d…

I am having so much trouble losing ... I had my surgery on 2/28 and had good initial loss, but even though I'm up to 2.5 cc's, I seem to be stuck and haven't lost any weight in a month. I'm up and down the same 2 lbs. Iam now walking 1 mile 5 times a week (4 times around the high school track, who would have believed this 6 months ago!!). I feel I don't eat a lot, in fact have quite small meals, but I do have the tendency to "pick" throughout the day. A little piece of cheese here, a saltine there. I think I'm probably taking in way more than I tell myself I am. I'm very good at lying to myself. In the past I read about a website that keeps track and tells you how many ca…

I was banded May 18th of 2005, I went 5 weeks out for my post op and check for a possible fill, I have lost 20lbs and did not get a fill because of so much lost in such a short amount of time.... (totally cool with this) My question is that I am having some discomfort in the port area kinda like a tugging and sometimes if I move a certain way I get a really sharp pain. Has anyone experienced this? I am seeing Dr. Spivak this thursday for a fill and I just want to make sure of what I am feeling and If it is normal or not. I can eat a whole hamburger and I am full for hours-sometimes all night. I figure I am not supposed to eat this much correct? I have not lost anymor…

Hi Everyone, Been gone for a while. I moved into temporary housing while they build our new house. My plastic surgery is scheduled this Wednesday. I am getting a little freaked out. I am having my medial thighplasty, tummy tuck and my eyes fixed as well as a mole removed. I will be in the hospital one or two days depending how I am doing. I have managed to stay cigarette free for 3 months, but I did gain about 10 pounds from my all time low which I have not been able to get off. I am having an unfill. I have been having some reflux problems late at night for no apparent reason. I do have restriction, it is not a slippage, but I would feel better with less restriction a…

Next week I'm heading out to San Diego to see my brother. We have always had a problematic relationship; he's just a year older than I but is one of those delayed-maturity types who still thinks fart jokes are hilarious. Nothing makes him happier than pushing my buttons, and the only way we're still friends is that 3000 miles separates us. We have not seen one another in 5 years, just because we both have small children and scheduling (and affording) cross-continental trips is hard. I said to him on the phone that now that I'm coming, as much as I'm looking forward to seeing him, I don't want the five days to be one long aggravating conversation (in other words, I mean,…

Hi all, I just got banded Wednesday, July 27. This afternoon, I noticed my stomach was very swollen and hard, like when I was pregnant. I know I've been swollen all week, but it feels different.. Hard. Is this normal? I don't have any additional pain, just the same discomfort that I've had. If anything, I am feeling better today. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this normal. Any feedback would be great. Thanks, KarenA

When will people learn? I'm really PO'd so I hope this makes sense...... I have very low (if any) self-esteem and it stems from my upbringing. I love my family dearly, my Mom is the best but she is really screwed up in the head when it comes to certain things. She never has anything nice to say to any of her kids and me being no exception (I'm the youngest of 7). My entire life I've been fat and from the time I can remember I was always put down for it, this coming from every member of my family at one time or another. I see my Mom every day b/c my sister who lives with her babysits my DD. Almost every stinkin day, my Mom STILL!!! says something negative to m…

Hey Mr. Ivan, How are you doing ?

Hi ! I am new to this forum I have been posting over at Obesityhelp.com but I like the way this forum is set up. So i've been here viewing for a couple of days. A little about me... 33 yrs 5ft 200lbs looking to loose 80lbs. I have my consult with Dr. Horgan here in Chicago on 8/5 from there I will do labs/psych eval, etc. Im going to be here everyday viewing and posting. Feel free to email me if we have similar stories or if you have info/tips for me.

I am getting nervous about eating now that I am in my 4th week. I am eating soft foods but I can eat more now. I have found out that I can't eat after a certain hour or it gets stuck. I eat a cheesestick for Breakfast, a Protein shake for lunch and then her comes the food. I started out going to taco bell to eat the insides of a burrito but now I fix my own at home. For the past 3 days I have refried Beans, a mix of meats (grd turkey, turkey sausage and a little lean grd beef), fat free sour cream, salsa, cheese and a lettuce. I may have this when I get home at 3 and again at 5. Once I start eating I stop drinking so for the past 2 days I did not get in all my Water. I us…

Well its finally here and I'm sh&*%$$ my pants! I'm happy sad and terrified all at the same time. I really havn't been able to eat for 4 days. Who would have thought. Each time I try I'm in the bathroom 10 min. later. I know its all nerves. I have this fear that I will have all kinds of problems after the surgery and knowing that I did this to myself and I didn't have to. I have been reading way too much I think. I'm making myself sick. Every time I tell someone I'm doing this they ask me if I'm crazy that I'm not big enough to do something so drastic. I know if I could do this on my own I would have done it a long time ago. I'm 5'2" 211lbs. I …

During my last talk with my surgeon about food, calories, dieting, etc., we talked a lot about "the Honeymoon Period." I asked him why it was so easy for the first 9 months, but now everything is so hard. He explained that the Band is just like anything else - when it's new, we are excited and motivated, which is why the weight falls off. But he told me my "honeymoon was over." That's when we have to get down to reality. I think some people are really lucky and they find a way to live the rest of their life in the honeymoon phase, but for me it's a lot harder. I'm sure getting a new port and a fill would be like going on a new honeymoon. But I still have so muc…

CONGRATULATIONS Greg - aka Lapbander - on your new and very first granddaughter!!! She was born yesterday...and I'll let Greg give you all the details so I don't steal ALL his thunder! Let's just say he is on cloud nine and it may take him a LONG time to come down....but he is the happiest and proudest Grandpa alive!! And I wish him all the best and long happy years of bouncing her on his knee....since he now has lots of room to share!!! She is the luckiest little girl around and could not have picked a better Grandpa if she picked one herself. And he is going to spoil her rotten.....hope she inherits Grandpa's wit, charm, intelligence, caring, personality,…

Banded 6/17/05 at 268 lbs. First 2 weeks, between pre-op and post-op lost 15 lbs. When I could start on the mushies, gained back 5. Went in for first fill 1 month, 2days later - July 19th - 1.6 cc. Still at only 10 lbs lost. On liquids weight comes off quick - but the second I start on mushies I maintain - no loss, no gain. What the heck is wrong? I am 100% certain my intake has decreased by AT LEAST 50%, I've cut out all sodas (I used to drink Coke like it was going out of style), only treat myself to sweets very, very seldom and try to keep it Skinny Cow, etc. Drink my water - Propel is all I drink now. Why is the weight not coming off? I'm seeing slight changes in my l…